civilization. In short‚ the theme might be interpreted as: civilization vs. savagery and the instinct of evil vs. the instinct of good. ﹒Symbols Complex and abstract as the theme is‚ Golding vividly conveys his concerns by making heavy use of symbolic characters and objects. Labeled as an allegorical novel‚ Lord of the flies has many symbols to decode. Here I would like to discuss three of them: conch shell‚ Jack’s knife‚ and the signal fire. A. Conch Shell Ralph is the main protagonist
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keep himself busy and so that he forgets the notion of time‚ with this Pi is able to survive because he makes an effort to forget the amount of time that passes. Another argument I can argue is the different symbols of religion are found in the novel‚ as the colour orange and how it is the symbol for Hinduism. The colour orange was used a lot it the novel‚ it showed the survival and hope that God will save Pi‚ for example when he was thrown in the lifeboat by a sailor he was given a lifejacket that
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chaos‚ following and maintaining connection or falling victim to one’s obsession to get authority‚ and hurting others to obtain it. There are many symbols that represent this conflict. The two major symbols that represent this conflict are the conch shell‚ symbolizing order and law‚ and the sow’s head‚ symbolizing savagery. The first of the two major symbols that will represent this conflict is the conch shell. In the book it says‚ ["S’right. It’s a shell! I seen one like that before. On someone’s
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old women who loses her father and eventually her husband; she is the talk of the town and after she dies‚ everyone realizes exactly how insane she was. Faulkner uses many symbols that have meanings of their own and also for something else. “A Rose for Emily” has numerous symbols. Some more important the others‚ a minor symbol would include her father’s whip. It symbolizes his control and domance over her. It was as if he was fighting off all the men in Emily’s life with his whip. It may also suggest
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Cherry Orchard‚ inanimate objects are utilized as symbols for the characters. These physical things reveal aspects of the characters’ personalities‚ feelings and principles. Over the course of the play‚ the meaning of the symbols change reflecting the development of the characters they are representing. These symbols include the bookcase‚ the nursery and the cherry orchard as a whole. Act 1: Early in the act‚ the nursery is depicted as a symbol for both Lyubov and Lopakhin’s background and past
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coming of age story. It is a story narrated by the protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield‚ who is a sixteen year old boy‚ but has a mind of a ten year old innocent kid. This book is clearly written to show the theme of coming of age because it shows many symbols of coming of age‚ it shows the changes of young adults in modern life‚ and it creates an image of Holden growing up. As a result of Allie’s death‚ Holden feels isolated from the world1‚ so he judges others2‚ defies its institutions3‚ and rebels
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she writes‚ "We paused before a house that seemed - / a swelling in the ground‚ which compares the grave to a house. Dickinson uses the final literary element of symbolism to help the reader to undestand the meaning that she is trying to convey. Symbols give the poem a deeper outlook on death‚ eternity‚ and immortality. Even through Dickinson’s style of writing is concise and to the point‚ she is able to use many vivid images to paint an everlasting picture in the reader’s mind. The carriage is symbolic
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Lit. H 3/15/10 Between the Lines In some literature‚ upon occasion‚ the real magic of the message can only be expressed in an abstract‚ off hand way. In certain pieces‚ the richness of the idea is often passed between the lines through symbols. A “symbol” is a word‚ phrase‚ image‚ or the like having a complex of associated meanings and perceived as having inherent value separable from that which is symbolized. This is apparent in Jhumpa Lahiri’s‚ “A Real Darwan”. Boori Ma is an unofficial‚ unpaid
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The Mats The story assigned to our group is ‘The Mats”. And based on our discussions and group meetings‚ the interpretation we all agreed to make is the “reader-based interpretation”. The Mats‚ written by Francisco Arcellana‚ is a short story depicting a very typical Filipino value – a deep sense of close family-ties and bonding. In this particular story‚ a man -depicted as a very loving and thoughtful father/husband- seems to still not able to move on from the unfortunate departure of his
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The Functions of Symbolism in Literature In literature‚ almost all writers like using symbols to extend meaning beyond the prosaic. A symbol is a figure of speech in which an object‚ person or situation represent something in addition to its literal meaning. Many writers—in fact‚ most or all authors of fiction—make the symbolic use of concepts and objects as rhetorical devices central to the meaning of their works. Cisneros‚ O’Connor‚ and Poe‚ for example‚ used symbolism extensively‚ to
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